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New website answers Michiganders’ questions about expanded Child Tax Credit

Detroit skyline with the words Investing in Us: Resident Priorities for Economic Mobility in Detroit

Jun. 22, 2021

Funding opportunity to advance economic mobility priorities of Detroit residents

News Release | Jun. 17, 2021

Coalition launches effort to reduce child poverty in Detroit by connecting families with expanded Child Tax Credit

Jun. 3, 2021

'Stimulus checks substantially reduced hardship,' NYT and Newsweek report, citing Poverty Solutions study

In the Media

Detroit Free Press | Jun. 23, 2021

IRS to hold events in Detroit, elsewhere to reach those who could miss out on Child Tax Credit

Bridge Detroit | Jun. 19, 2021

Good-faith land contracts: Oxymoron or an opportunity?

Detroit Free Press | Jun. 17, 2021

Tax credit could take thousands of Detroit children out of poverty, families encouraged to file

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Poverty Doesn't Pause: Housing Insecurity During a Pandemic